Clear coat on rusto has been talked about way way back, back and forth banter, freind or foe, and some serious time and effort was put in. Tremclad does offer clear in a bucket can, rusto only spray bomb unless things have changed. I do rember one guy with a black paint job( was it a buick regal GN, clone ?) that went all the way. Hopefully someone with a little more brain power will rember this example or know how to search for it in this epic trilogy of a thread. Unfortuatly after a couple of attempts it was deemed a falure. I think his last attempt was mixing up tremclad clear in a spray gun and shot it on the car and it looked great but it peeled off later.